1/2 half way

that is all i gotta say

Thanksgiving

We celebrated thanksgiving at my Sister's house.. and rode motorcycles.... played in sand.





my husband is soooooo hot in this outfit~!


Yup that is me...



and that, well that is my little rolly polly

Chilling with Mommy

Daddy..

Alanna's Baptism...

Halloween time

Mary had a little Lamb.. Little Lamb Little Lamb

Daughter like Father...

I got no words

Julian

This weekend we went to Julian to eat some yummy Apple Pies and Caramel Apples... my favorites!

the rose path... they didn't no roses...

The Dinner Alanna eating a Pickle...

Thousand Trails... we sneaked in there just to take these pictures...

Crawling... :(

LOOK AT WHAT I FOUND!





SO I JUST GAVE HER A COOKIE...

Baptism... just not Alanna's

This weekend we went to one of our friends niece or nephew... can quite remember.. but we gave A a tortilla for the first time.. and she looooooved it...
see it yourself

Here are some pictures to keep you updated...

It's been a while!

Since I wrote my last blog, there are sooo many new things I'm learning, thankfully my baby sleeps through the night or more!

Well here is the update~ and new pix!

I came back to work on May 12th because my husband was laid off.. :( but he is back working. I wasn't supposed to come back until de 19th, but oh well.

She is almost 4 now and she is currently teething! She is getting soo big.. and heavy.

these are some pictures I took before I came back to work..

MY SQUEAKIE BABY

She is Very Animated

Leaving my heart at home

Today was the day that I had to leave my baby with my mom...
It was perfectly fine until I got on the freeway... Oh man.. I left my heart there, I started doing some psychology on me..."Everything is fine, everybody does it, it's fine..............It's perfectly fine if i cry my heart out!
Hardest thing for me to do... EVER

The business of being born

I finally go to see this movie.. i was supposed to watch it on the day of the baby shower but I was sooo busy with everything. I had put it on my list for netflix but it was available to watch instantly so I did...
and yes I LOVED IT!
Update in a bit... gotta feed the baby!

1st month

Picture Day!

Of course everybody thinks their baby is cute...
I, of course think mine is the most beautiful baby i have ever seen
Here are some delightful pictures



oh and her jaundice went down! we are off the hook!

Breastfeeding

So it's her fourth day with us.. and I'm extremely tired...
Today is Valentine's day and I have baby blues...
I saw Jovan leaving this morning and I had to bite my lip to stop my tears from coming out...
I was depressed...and tired
I had been up all night trying to feed her and she would just cry if she was away from my boob! As I'm trying to feed she just starts crying and then I start crying with her.. telling her... "we don't know how to do this.. and we are both learning HELP ME OUT!"
Was she not getting her food? what was going on...
I had her first appointment this day and her jaundice level was still high.. she had to get another sample of blood drawn out the following day, but her weight was good... Yay!
I guess for me breastfeeding her was, and still is really important...
First because i would show people that it's hard but it can be achieved... I've read that everybody is capable of doing it, and only 1 to 5 percent of women do not produce enough milk for their babies, That's nothing! and that is very rare of a baby not knowing how to latch on.. it's the mom's fault... and it's often because they don't know how to do it properly or they just don't want to...
Second because God created a woman's body capable of producing and providing food from our own bodies.. how beautiful is that! it just can't get better than that...
Plus the connection you get with your newborn is just out of this world.. I can't even explain it..
If you need help with breastfeeding, contact a lactation consultant! or go to
www.lalecheleague.com you'll find lots of tips on how to breast feed properly, I highly recomend it!
Enough of that.. still sad.. I can't celebrate Valentines day with my love.. i guess we will get the chance in the years to come.

Daddy's First Diaper!

Well not really first one.. but the first time I caught him on Camera!

Leaving the hospital

We had to stay more days due to her premature age...
her are some pictures

More bebe pictures

I gave Birth!!!!

To a beautiful girl!
Sorry I haven't written but it's just that I am sooo tired from getting adjusted..
I had my Baby Shower on Saturday, and I was already feeling really tired. Jovan had gone to Arizona, as I had mentioned before, and he got home like around 3 in the morning, I was still awake...
I got up really early that Sunday, I got up to clean the bathroom, dust the whole living room, clean the kitchen, wash dishes... then I went back to lie down, my mom calls around 8 am to see if I wanted to go clean (after the mess;))
It was definitely a long day, i invited my sisters in law to eat some Mole, Arroz and frijolitos.
I was definitely nesting.
After a romantic night with my husband! (wink wink) just about 10:40 we went to sleep.
I started having contractions at around 11:40 and thanks to this website that measures your contractions I figured that I was having contractions every 2 minutes and a half for about 30 seconds.
I didn't want to wake up my husband because I thought that I was in false labor, well after 5 contractions he woke up, and I was sitting on the toilet... (that relieved some of the pain) he got kind of scared but I told him to go back to sleep... he didn't!
I get on the Tub with warm water and my laptop on my side counting every single contraction
After an hour passes we call Kaiser to let somebody know I was having contractions, I was told I was on Early labor and I had to wait for another hour because the contractions were going to get longer and more spaced out... WHAT! Im thinking.. so I get up.. I put my white pants on... I go pee and I see blood.
I get my birthing ball (same as a Yoga Ball) and I sit on that thing for about 2 contractions and I just couldn't stand it.. I do my floor exercises to relieve the pain and nothing!... i go and get my sweater to get out and walk.... as I walk outside our bedroom.... i hear a pop! and this urge to push gets in me... I go to the bathroom and a gush of liquid get out... and THIS URGE TO PUSH! I push! and I feel a head get out!
I tell Jovan what happened and that we need to get to the hospital ASAP! we gather what we can, start our trip to the hospital.
We live on a Second Floor, and as we are walking down the stairs when another urge to push gets to me, my legs tremble, and I'm just thinking that I need to keep this baby in... jut until the hospital right...
We get on the car and Jovan starts driving, you can only imagine how he is driving, running stop lights, red lights, luckily it was late and no cops were around... we get to hospital he gets down the car, because I can't! and gets the nurse, the nurse comes out with a wheelchair, and I just keep on breathing... (Oh man there was lots of breathing) We get to the 4th floor and they take me to the delivery room, the nurse puts her hand inside and feels that I'm already 10 cm dilated! and they say.. all right you need to push... it's ready... No epidural, no IV no nothing!
I push once the head comes out.. and Jovan sees the face, with big wide eyes open... then i push again the body comes out, IT'S OUT! and no crying just grunting.. five minutes later we ask.. what was it? IT'S A GIRL! It's a girl... a little 5 lbs 18 inches little girl!
The nurses check me for tears or rips... just a couple very tiny tears nothing major.. but I can walk.. I even walk to the Bathroom and Pee! LOL
They take us to our room... Pictures to come

In the room...

The Nurse transfers us to our room...
and the first bath was given...
The first time i hear her cry...
OH man!
I can't even describe this feeling
Tears just roll down my face.

My baby Shower!

So this Saturday we have our baby shower.. Lots of fun and Lots of funny games... I never knew what happened at baby showers but this one was slightly different... there was guys in it...
Well Jovan wasn't around because he had gone on a business trip to Arizona with his brother Ivan.
Here are some pictures




Man I feel tired.... after everybody left me and moni, we were taking tabs off the gifts so they could get washed, you know for germs reasons...
Man I'm going home! I just hope Jovan doesn't get home late...

Update: Jovan gets home like around 3 am... its still good

8th Month Picture

4D ULTRASOUND

BESIDES MY MOM AND MY DAD BEING FLAKES AND NOT BEING THERE.. THIS KID DOES NOT WANT TO BE SEEN, WE HAVE TO GO BACK MONDAY THE 28TH.. AND RE-DO THE TEST..

BUT HERE ARE SOME PICTURES

Doctor's Appointment

This morning I was running a little bit late.. as always..
For some reason I don't have any trouble getting up to get my husband's lunch ready (at 5:00), but then I go back to sleep around 5:30 to get up at 6:30 and I end up getting up at 6:40 or 6:50.
I didn't have any time to get my regular coffee, so I decided to stop at starbucks, I had a Caramel Machiatto like always.. I swear I drank that thing, and that baby was jumping off my belly!
I'm soo excited, I have my 34th week doctor appointment and I have an appointment to go do the ultrasound soon..
I'll keep you posted....

Labor and Delivery Tour- Comments about it

It was kind of exciting.. I was nervous to go in and see where my life was going to change forever (although it already has)
They show you a video of "open mindness" towards medication during delivery.. Like I've said.. or maybe I haven't, I would like to have an all natural delivery... Plenty of Pros not many Cons, with the exception of Pain..
I don't think I'm afraid of pain.. our body was created to tolerate childbirth, and our ancestors used to deal with it.. why is it the modern society has to have "pain killers"?
I don't have anything against it.. but it's only once.. and it's for a beautiful cause.. the birth of your child...I'm not saying that I won't be flexible, if the time comes and my body is asking for it.. then we will see what happens.. but that's my 2 cents on that.
They take you through the nursery, NICU, the Labor and Delivery rooms.. past the Post-Partum Rooms..
I saw myself at the L&D room and I freaked! I could be there in less than a month!
I was so hungry and then after that we took a little trip to TJ to have some Sopes and Tostadas.. we wanted tacos too, but we were too full, so we just came back home...
and that was our day.

Questio-Rama

Because we never really know each other as well as we think, in response to this post I'd like you to ask a question. Anything about which you are curious, anything you feel you ought to know about me. Silly, serious, personal, fannish. Ask away. Then copy this to your own journal, and see what people don't know about you.Lets see just how many readers I have...BRING IT ON!!!

Labor and Delivery Tour

We have an appointment today @ Kaiser to go see the labor and delivery area.. It's going to be pretty interesting... I can't wait I am soo excited!
I want this baby out.. but in at the same time.. I'm going to miss my belly.. and the movement..
Well.. 6 1/2 more weeks..

Mucus Plug

So I believe I've lost my mucus plug as of yesterday night.. Let's see how that goes, I was having major contractions (I guess not like the real ones, but pretty strong ones) I emailed my doctor and, she said to wait until this Friday for my monthly check up..
I was reading about the mucus plug.. and it's a pretty interesting thing.. It's a build up of mucus that covers your cervix and then your water breaks... it can take up to 4 to 6 weeks until you start labor.. or it can happen before... :/
Let's wait until Friday for a New Update

Para una Madre sus hijos son preciosos

Antier mientras visitaba a mi mama, hablabamos de que no todos los hijos son bellos.. y que hay veces en las que nosostros, personas ajenas a la familia o solamente no tan cerca, decimos "que bebes tan feos" o "esta fellito" o "le dieron en la torre" "se parece a su mama" o "se parece a su papa"
Termine con el comentario de "por favor si mi bebe llega a estar fellito, no sean malos, y esperen a que me vaya para que hagan sus comentarios." que en todas familias hay. Hasta de grandes tambien decimos.. "ay sus hijos estan todos fellitos"
Y ayer mientras visitabamos a mi tia, hablabamos sobre esa historia que yo siempre habia oido decir.. "Mama Cuervo" no sabia a que se referian.. hasta que hoy busque la historia y aqui les va...

Habia una vez hace mucho tiempo, un bosque muy grande, con altos y frondosos arboles y en ellos vivia una mama cuervo con sus polluelos, todos los dias ella iva por la mañana a buscar comida para sus hijos y volvia al medio dia, pero un dia, cuando llego al nido, no escucho el mensaje de bienvenida de sus hijos, sino que solo encontro silencio por respuesta a sus llamadas, preocupada bajo y se encontro con mama ardilla y le pregunto:--Perdone Señora ardilla, ¿ha visto a mis hijos?y la ardilla le respondio:--Digame Señora Cuervo, como son sus hijos, porque ella hacia unos momentos habia visto unos polluelos perdidos.--Mis hijos son 3 preciosos polluelos, con pequeñas plumas que parecen algodon de suaves que son y con un piar dulce que te llega al almaLa ardilla se quedo pensativa y le respondio:--Pues no señora, no he visto a sus hijos, lo sientoContinuo caminando y se encontro a mama conejo con su ristra de conejitos y le hizo la misma pregunta:--Perdone Señora Conejo, ¿a visto usted a mis hijos? --Seria usted tan amable de decirme como son sus hijos señora cuervo?--Mis hijos son preciosos, pequeños y con unos ojos que pierden de tanta ternura.La señora conejo se quedo pensando, ya que hacia un momento habia visto unos pajaritos pequeños, pero no coincidia con la descripcion de la señora cuervo, asi que sin dudarlo le dijo--No, no los he visto, lo siento muchoY asi se encontro con varios animales mas, hasta que ya cansada y muy preocupada encontro a mama zorro, que en cualquier otra situacion hubiera huido nada mas verla, pues le tenia mucho miedo, pero el amor por sus hijos fue mas fuerte y le pregunto lo mismo:--Perdone Señora Zorro, he perdido a mis hijos, ¿los ha visto usted? y la zorro viendo la preocupacion de la cuervo y siendo ella misma madre comprendio la situacion de mama cuervo y por un momento un miedo iva subiendo por su garganta y le dijo: Digame Señora Cuervo, ¿como son sus hijos?La Señora Cuervo le comenzo a describir a sus hijos:--Son unos polluelos preciosos, con un plumaje suave y terso, un piar que emociona el solo oirlo y una mirada tierna e inocente, en fin que son los pajaritos mas hermosos del mundo.La Señora Zorro suspiro aliviada y le respondio.--Pues no Señora Cuervo, no he visto a sus hijos, yo acabo de comerme unos pajarillos pero para nada son sus hijos, pues los bichos que yo me he comido eran unos pajarillos horribles, con unos hojillos saltones,unas plumas asperas y un graznido infernal, no paraban de graznar y me los comi.La Cuervo, en una mezcla de lamento y lloro grito: Ayyy esos eran mis hijos.

No cabe duda que nuestros hijos son bellos.. a pesar de lo que dice la gente

What a difference..

BABY DROPPED

UNDROPPED

A COLD/FLU

Last night I slept so good, I've had this cold for about 2 Weeks now, and I've been surviving of Tylenol and Cinnammon Tea...
I've had it.. Yesterday I emailed my doctor and he advised me to buy some Benadryl.. omg..
I couldn't wait to get off work and get to walgreens so I could buy something.

I took some before we started doing laundry, by the time we were done... I was sooo out... I was knocked out! I had not been able to sleep good.. but last night was just great!

Baby Moving

Fast Forward to 1: minute for action, LOL

The baby has Dropped

This morning as I was laying down.. and I was just making time because we were supposed to go to the Childbirth classes, I felt that the baby was lower than normal.

I get up.. and of course the baby is lower than normal ...

ChildBirth Classes

So we cramed about 6 classes in two 6 hour days... Pretty interesting

We got to see soo many things.. some things I already knew.. and some I didn't.. but Pretty much everything was interesting..

On this first day I took Chantal.. my youngest sis in law.. she is cool.. very quiet and she listens and learns like a little sponge...
I was kind of scared taking her.. because of course they were going to show a woman in labor.. and well for her to see those kind of things.. It went well!

Our Teacher was pretty weird.. and freaky... but funny

Class breaks down as follows

Class 1. The basics of pregnancy, pregnancy adjustment, nutrition, and exercise. A look at pain in pregnancy, labor and birth and the beginnings of coping with pain.

Class 2. Comfort measures during pregnancy and labor/birth, pre labor, timing contractions, relaxation.

Class 3. First stage labor: from beginning to end. What to expect, how to cope and answers to questions like "When should I go to the hospital?" and "Is this the real thing?" Also emphasis on being a great labor support person.

Class 4. Second and Third Stage labor (pushing and placentas), birth plans, doulas, and lots of neat tips!

Class 5. This class will focus on medications, interventions and complications.

Class 6. Postpartum adjustment, newborn care (diapering, bathing, cord care), sex postpartum your 6 week check up, bleeding, and postpartum depression.

NEW YEARS!

WE SPENT NEW YEARS IN TIJUANA
WITH FIREWORKS, POZOLE, DRINKS.. :(, NACHOS AND ALL THE GOOD FOOD!
AWESOME WAY TO START THE NEW YEAR!

TIREDNESS

THE FAMILY~

7th Month

So I am at my 7th month now.. and I've started to not been able to sleep, I toss and turn.. I feel bloated, and I looks like I ate the whole pot of tamales for Christmas

Baby Moving

Belly Pix

So I saw Christina Aguilera's Pictures, and I want to take pictures like that soo bad.. but people don't think they are appropiate for a Lady.. or they are too pornographic..
Pornographic.. is a sexual thing.. these are the most pure and thoughtful pictures and have absolutely nothing to do with sexuality.. only Nudity.. that's all..

6th Month

So this is my 6th month, and i still feel great.. I can sleep

Halloween '07

5th Month

You can absolutely see a bigger belly.. I can now feel some movement.. and I go to the bathroom more often...

4th Month

Wow you could see a little bit more of belly... My pants still fit.. YAY!

3rd Month

My B-day

September 10th.. no belly yet

Well Jovan had prepared for me a Surprise Bday Party!

So nice of him... He had to go through sooo much trouble~

Second Doctor Appointment

I just went to my second visit.. and it was awesome... last time we didn't even see something that reflected a baby... this time I saw something else, I saw a tornado that would let the doctor take a picture of! Wait was kind of long but I got to see the wiggling litte "dad's squirt" he he he he he he
On the first picture, you can see the profile of the baby
On the second, you can see he is wiggling his legs
Then the second one, don't even go there it is not a penis nor a clitoris yet, we still don't know what is it going to be but it's there is something, It's his/her long legs.It was amazing seeing this little thing wiggle and wiggle, it would not stay put...
Can not wait to see you my little sunshine~!
Narita o Jovancito... Our little bundle of Joy, our little 45mm of joy!

First Doctor Appointment

On this first appointment they measured my belly... well there is no belly yet.. but they started doing that... And also they tried making me pee in a cup... and of course my bladder at that exact moment decided it wanted to be shy!!! WTF, well i got off the hook and I didn't have to pee.

In the meanwhile Jovan was on his way and we waited, good thing he didn't get there on time because it's kind of embarrasing, having the doctor see your vagina while your husband is there... well we got to see our little project...

Apparently we were 7 weeks and two days

"embryo" from Crump to Length (CRL) measured 11 mm and this means that we got pregnant on that trip we had to Bahia de los Angeles
Very good experience to see it's heart pump so fast... made me think "when did it start heartbeat?")

1st Month

So this is the first picture...no belly

so.... I'm pregnant...

It takes me two days.. I tell him on June 27th.. my Brother's B-day.. I give him his little white lamb, in it's yellow little bag with the Positive Test in the bag.. and a little note that says...
To Daddy... from Mommy...
I can't stop crying when I give it to him.. sure he knew already.. didn't get much of a reaction.. because HE ALREADY KNEW!
How could he!? LOL

We go around telling people.. We went to cut my Brother's cake.. give a little tiny white lamb to my mom and dad.. and a little note that says "To grandma and grandpa" from your grandkid...
All the excitement...

I'm pregnant!

So I used to drink and smoke... and for some reason... I wasn't in the mood for drinking or anything... drinking a beer would make nauseous.. hmm?... I wonder.. That morning I got pregnancy test.. and sure enough..... POSITIVE....

WOW.... my reaction was intense.. I saw the stick... and I couldn't believe it... my whole life went through my mind.. I walk outside... listen to people talk.. but I couldn't understand anything.. I was like zombie...
Now I have to think.. how to tell him? I always imagined I would wait till christmas.. and give him a gift in from of everybody.. and surprise everybody.. but it was June! I couldn't wait...

I call my Sis.. start crying and I tell her... I tell a bunch of people.. but I still have to think of how to tell him...

I go to Baby's r Us.. and find the cutest white lamb.. find a little yellow bag.. and a nice little card..

Our Honeymoon

Everything started with this trip that we took down to baja in May 26th... and we took it soo late.. because we couldn't take the time off or afford a honeymoon.

At 480 kilometers south of Ensenada, on the Transpeninsular Highway between Ensenada and La Paz, is the tourist rest area of Punta Prieta in the Central Desert of Baja California.
Bahia de los Angeles

Pretty interesting trip... Very adventorous

Learned to fish.. in salt water with worms! were on a boat.. Got really really drunk with my husband one night... had an amazing night under the moon and the stars... BEAUTIFUL...

Our Wedding...

We got married back in March 3rd, 2007

Small Beautiful wedding, not much planning for it.. those are the best ones!

We met in November of 2006, and he proposed on January?... Hmmm these hormones don't let me remember!

Planned a whole wedding in less than two months...

and our Journey of Life begins....